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Peggy Gou
One of the world’s most popular DJs, Peggy Gou is coming to Ukraine for the first time. An enthusiastic raver in the past, today Gou is a trendsetter in the world of electronic music. The South Korean DJ based in Berlin plays hundreds of gigs every year all over the globe. She was the first South Korean DJ to play at the Berghain club, an iconic techno destination in Berlin. Gou sometimes calls her style “K-house” referring to K-pop, popular music genre that comes from South Korea.
Peggy Gou. M82 (82 Mezhyhirska St.) Oct. 4. 10 p.m. Hr 500
(Artifact: Chornobyl 33)
‘Artifact: Chornobyl 33’
The Chornobyl nuclear disaster has received renewed attention in the 33rd year after the accident in Pripyat, Ukraine, mostly because of the hit Grammy-winning miniseries that retold its story. The new “Artifact: Chornobyl 33” exhibition in Kyiv tries to immerse the visitors into the times of the tragedy using digital art. This includes virtual and augmented reality, laser and projected artworks, and parametric designs – structures created using complex mathematical algorithms. There will also be lectures and art performances about Chornobyl by an international lot of the exhibition’s artists and curators. The aim of “Artifact: Chornobyl 33” is to rethink the tragedy and have a sort of an art-therapy for Ukrainians, the organizers say. Kyiv River Station, a showcase of Soviet architecture, will serve as the exhibition’s venue.
“Artifact: Chornobyl 33.” Kyiv River Station (3 Poshtova Sq.) Sept. 27 – Oct. 6.12 p.m. – 9 p.m. Free
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Zetetics
As the Ukrainian music industry continues to thrive, local bands take up the stages of the Kyiv venues. Four-piece band Zetetics is an emerging group that mixes alternative and indie rock genres in its art. The band offers tuneful guitar music along with stirring lyrics, most of which are written in English. At the upcoming music show, Zetetics will present their latest release, third studio album called “11:11,” which is now available on streaming services.
Zetetics. Atlas (37-41 Sichovykh Striltsiv St.) Oct. 3. 7 p.m. Hr 350-750
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‘The Goldfinch’
The film based on “The Goldfinch,” the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Donna Tartt, hits the cinemas this week. Tartt’s seven-hundred-plus-page novel told the story of Theo, a boy taken in by a wealthy family after his mother is killed in a bombing at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art. Without giving up much of the plot, it can be said that Theo has a secret item that he carried out of the museum. John Crowley’s film adaptation tries to retell the whole book in a two-and-a-half-hour movie, but falls short, the critics say, making a film that feels both “sluggish and rushed.” Still, for the fans of the novel, it’s a great chance to revisit “The Goldfinch’s” themes, like the preservation and transfer of art and beauty.
The Goldfinch. Zhovten (26 Kostiantynivska St.) Check all screenings in our calendar.
